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Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, August 2, 2012, through Monday, August 6, 2012, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, September 10, 2012.
Declares that when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, August 2, 2012, through Monday, August 6, 2012, it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 10, 2012.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S.Con.Res. 56 as introduced in Senate on Aug 2, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Aug 2, 2012
Providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives
Failed
150 Yea 265 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties 78 of 415 voting members broke with their own party: 78 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S.Con.Res. 56 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.